Coronavirus: more than a third of “Charles-de-Gaulle” sailors tested positive

Text by: Franck Alexandre

After the discovery of contamination on board, more than a third of the sailors of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier have tested positive for Covid-19 since their early return to France. A balance sheet which remains provisional, indicates the ministry for the Armies this Wednesday April 15.

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When the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle entered the harbor of Toulon, on the afternoon of Sunday, April 12, there were officially only fifty sailors contaminated by the Covid-19 for all Carrier Strike Group. Since then, tests carried out on crews have revealed a much more alarming state of health.

Investigation into the management of the epidemic on board the flagship of the French Navy

"  As of April 14 in the evening, of the 1,767 sailors tested, 668 cases have been positive,  " said the Ministry of the Armed Forces, in a press release published Wednesday, April 15. Among them, "  31 are now hospitalized at the Sainte-Anne army hospital in Toulon, including one in intensive care,  " it is further specified.

An already considerable balance sheet and which could further increase, since 30% of the tests have not yet delivered their results. While disinfection of aircraft and ships has commenced, the Navy has also ordered a command investigation to learn all about the management of the outbreak on board.

Because if it is admitted that it was thanks to a stopover in Brest, in mid-March, that sailors contracted the coronavirus, the staff wonders: why the pandemic could not to be contained and nails today at the quay the flagship of the French fleet?

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